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No fear mongering says AG

February 12, 2016 5:08 am

Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has thanked Opposition Leader Ro Teimumu Kepa for finally acknowledging all citizens of Fiji as Fijians.

Twenty-eight government ministers spoke in support of the Prime Minister against the motion this morning with Sayed-Khaiyum being one of the last.

Sayed-Khaiyum says the Opposition does not understand their role.

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“The rational madam speaker is that you have an Opposition that has not been able to remodel itself as an effective Opposition – they have not come to terms with the facts that they are in the Opposition. That is what every party must do. FijiFirst in fact had a plan that if we did not win what kind of Opposition they could make – everyone needs to plan for the alternative. Madam Speaker they have not being able to do that so today they are grappling at straws.”

He added that fear mongering to get the votes of the people should not be used.